"We've always done it that way." Now is the time for the Catholic Church to stop using this as an excuse. Why? In parishes across the world, efficiency and comfort have stifled creativity. Instead of innovation, we've opted for convenience. Instead of finding new ways...
In his 2009 essay "The church will become small" from the Faith and the Future compilation, Pope Benedict XVI foretold, “She [the Church] will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes…she will...
We do lots of things as a Church, but are those things effective? Judging by our numbers, what we are doing is not working. For every one person who enters the Church, six leave. What are the new methods and innovative approaches that will retain Catholics and draw...
